Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Ragasa, C."

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    • Accelerating pond aquaculture development and resilience beyond COVID: Ensuring food and jobs in Ghana 

      Ragasa, C.; Agyakwah, S.K.; Asmah, R.; Mensah, E.T.; Amewu, S.; Oyih, M. (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Over the past decade, the aquaculture sector in Ghana has experienced tremendous growth—driven mainly by large-scale cage aquaculture. Pond aquaculture, traditionally extensive and with limited external inputs, has been ...

    • Beyond crops: Towards gender equality in forestry, fisheries, aquaculture, and livestock development 

      Elias, M.; Zaremba, H.; Tavenner, K.; Ragasa, C.; Valencia, A.P.; Choudhury, A.; De Haan, N.; Marlene Elias: 0000-0001-8835-5348; Afrina Choudhury: 0000-0003-1734-6238; Nicoline De Haan: 0000-0002-6392-7079 (2022)
      Type: Presentation
      The fisheries, aquaculture, forestry, and livestock sectors are critical for sustaining rural livelihoods and achieving global food and nutrition security. Yet each of these sectors embeds important gender and other social ...

    • Boosting women’s participation and empowerment in aquaculture: Evidence from Ghana 

      Ragasa, C.; Torbi, E.; Kruijssen, F.; Amewu, S.; Froukje Kruijssen: 0000-0002-9804-3038 (2022)
      Type: Presentation
      This paper provides empirical evidence on the processes and strategies of encouraging women's entrepreneurship and the impact of women's entrepreneurship on their empowerment in the context of emerging aquaculture value ...

    • Farmers' manual on tilapia hatchery operation in Ghana 

      Agyakwah, S.K.; Asmah, R.; Mensah, E.T.; Ragasa, C.; Amewu, S.; Tran, N.; Oyih, M.; Ziddah, P.; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571 (2020)
      Type: Manual
      This manual provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide to running a tilapia hatchery operation. It includes advice on site selection, site preparation, hatchery design and construction, farming practices (broodstock ...

    • Policy Issues and Options in Aquatic Food Systems: Review of Frameworks, Tools, and Studies 

      Ragasa, C.; Loison, S.A. (2022)
      Type: Working Paper
      Although policies can be critical constraining or enabling factors for aquatic food systems (AqFS) development, scarce evaluation of the impacts of existing policies means that decision-makers have limited understanding ...

    • Sustainable aquaculture development in sub-Saharan Africa 

      Ragasa, C.; Karisa, H.C.; Rurangwa, E.; Tran, N.; Shikuku, K.M.; Harrison Charo Karisa: 0000-0001-5323-794X; Nhuong Tran: 0000-0002-1813-4571; Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Sustainable aquaculture development in sub-Saharan Africa: Aquaculture must grow above the current rate of 11% per year to meet projected demand and reduce dependence on seafood imports. Government support and private ...